Kobe Bryant: Not sure what a technical director actually does, but Kobe can do anything.

Team physician

Dr. Phil: Will be dealing with lots of head cases.

How much better would the U.S. soccer team be if American kids were not spread among so many other sports? Well, check out my roster. Here's what our team might look like if there were no NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball to siphon away top talent. — Chris Erskine, Los Angeles Times. Contributing: tbt*

Coach

Pete Carroll: Don't care if his motivational shtick borrows from John Wooden, he's the top coach in any sport.

Forwards

Reggie Bush: With his slashing, surgical moves, could be the second coming of George Best.

Andrew McCutchen: Baseball's best athlete would spread the field and make an aggressive, turbocharged scorer.

Rayann Mitchell, an assistant principal at West Zephyrhills Elementary for the past year, has been appointed to take over James Marlowe Elementary as its next principal.Marlowe's outgoing principal, Hilda Martin, will head a new district-level confli...

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Adam Putnam has scrubbed plans to hold at fundraising reception today at the Orlando home of a man videotaped in 2008 shooting two pet huskies that entered a cow pasture. The cancellation came hours after The Buzz noted that the host of the reception...

VERO BEACH — To become the first Pasco County team and just the third from the area to win consecutive state titles, Land O’Lakes knew it had to get past a familiar — and determined — opponent in Thursday’s Class 6A championship game.The Gators faced...

As a public service to Florida political junkies interested in campaign hires, we have cut and pasted from campaign announcements:The Graham campaign is excited to welcome Monica Rodrigues, Ed Rodriguez, and Jenny Busby to Team Graham's political, po...

Eight women have accused actor Morgan Freeman of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior on-set, at his production company, and during press junkets, according to a report.CNN reports that 16 people have spoken out against Freeman’s alleged misco...